Wayne Gravel Products has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
20
Years on record
1987–2000
Latest incident
Oct 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
46
citations
8
significant & substantial
$4,692
proposed penalties
$4,566
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $126 gap.
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘThis rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 573 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Wayne Gravel Products has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
ⓘDifferences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
42 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $758 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-24.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
13citations taken to the federal commission · 28% of citations on record
Settled
5 · 38%
Vacated or withdrawn
8 · 62%
0%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
73%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$3K proposed, $758 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2017-12-19.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Health sampling
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘMany samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2026-08-18
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
18
samples
7
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg9
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz7
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (18)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2026-08-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2026-08-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-06-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-03-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-10-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-10-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Supervisor, Co. Official
2012-03-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.12
0.77
0.16
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-06-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
0.47
0.49
Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-06-30
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.16
Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2010-06-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
0.67
0.21
Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2002-08-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.3
0.6
0.50
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-08-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
1.42
0.10
Scale Man
2002-08-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dragline Operator
2002-08-14
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.23
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-07-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-07-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2001-07-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.74
1.43
0.52
Truck Driver
2001-07-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.33
1.48
0.22
Truck Driver
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Wayne Gravel Products recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2001.
Injury rate, 2001
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 4.48 and the all-US-mining average was 5.26 cases per 100 workers.
In Pennsylvania, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 5.63 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2001 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000 *
9.90
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
7
2025
4
2024
5
2023
3
2022
3
2021
4
2020
3
2019
2
2018
4
2017
3
2016
3
2015
3
2014
3
2013
2
2012
3
2011
2
2010
3
2009
3
2008
4
2007
4
2005
5
2004
9
2003
6
2002
9
2001
10
2000
9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Wayne Gravel Products sits in McKean County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 2.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
McKean County, Pennsylvania · Population 40,149
2.1%
Mining share of county employment
$61,705
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘCitations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
EE WAS TRYING TO PRY LOOSE A ROCK WITH A BAR FROM THE CRUSHER THE CRUSHER WAS TURNED OFF A ROCK FELL FROM THE TOP & HIT EE'S RIGHT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN BAR & ROCK
1999 · 3 incidents
November 15, 1999PA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EE STEPPED WRONG AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE WHILE WALKING ON A FLAT, EVEN SURFACE. ANKLE WAS WEAK FROM PREVIOUS SPORTS INJURY (CONTRIBUTING CONDITION.)
OUR ROCK CRUSHER WAS PLUGGD WITH STONE. THE EMPLOYEE STUCK A BAR INTO THE FEED BOX OF THE CRUSHER IN AN ATTEMPT TO DISLODGE THE STONE. THE EMPLOYEE STUCK THE BAR IN TO FAR AND HIT A MOVING PAR T ON THE ROCK CRUSHER, CAUSING THE BAR TO BOUNCEBACK AND HIT HIM IN THE LEFT CHEEK. UNSAFE ACTION- DON'T ADJUST MOVING EQUIPMENT.
February 17, 1997PA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS CLIMBING OVER A METAL BARRIER AND CAUGHT FOOT IN HANDLE OF A SHOVEL THAT HE HAD LAYED ON THE GROUND CAUSING EE TO LOSE BALANCE AND FALL. TRIED TO BREAK FALL WITH HIS LT. ARM. IMPACT CAU SED INJURY TO LT. ELBOW.
May 17, 1995PA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
IT WAS RAINING. EMP WAS WALKING ON THE WET GROUND - SLIPPED & FELL. WHEN HE FELL HE TRIED TO BREAK HIS FALL WITH HIS LEFT ARM CAUSING AN IMPACT INJURING HIS LEFT HAND. IN AREA OF PROC. PLANT, PLANT.
1994 · 1 incident
April 25, 1994PA · Metal/Non-Metalcrane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, riggerMACHINERY
INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN MUD OFF OF A RETURN ROLLER THAT RUNS BELOW A STACKING CONVEYOR. HE WAS USING A WRENCH TO KNOCK THE MUD OFF WHEN HIS SLEEVE CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE BELT AND THE ROLLER.
1991 · 3 incidents
September 4, 1991PA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanELECTRICAL
CONVEYOR BELT BELOW CRUSHERS STOPPED CAUSING 2 CRUSHERS TO FILL AND OVERLOAD. SWITCH TO CRUSHERES WAS SHUT OFF TO FIX CONVEYOR AFTER FIXING THE CONVEYOR SWITCH WAS TURNED ON BNOT RELAIZING THE AT THE KNIVES AND FUSES IN THE SWITCH TO BLOW, RELEASING THE FLAME.
August 24, 1991PA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
UNLOADING A PALLET BEARING 1/2 STEEL PUNCH PLATE FROM A DELIVERY TRUCK. PLATE SLIPPED FROM PALLET PINCHING EE S FINGER BETWEEN PLATE AND TAILGATE OF TRUCK.
1990 · 2 incidents
August 9, 1990PA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
INJURED WAS CLIMBING A LADDER TO CHECK ON OPERATION OF A PLANT SHAKER WHEN A STONE BOUNCED OVER THE SIDE WALL OF THE SHAKER & HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE RT SHOULDER CAUSING HIM TO FALL APPROX 2FT TO THE GROUND EMPLOYEE STRUCK THE RT FRONTAL-PARTIEAREA OF HIS HEAD ON THE GROUND
March 27, 1990PA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
INJURED HELPING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE SECURE A PART ON A BIN SLEDGE HAMMER WAS BEING USED BY THE OTHER EMPLOYEE. INJURED WAS HIT IN THE RIGHT ORBITAL AREA WITH THE SLEDGE HAMMER.
1989 · 1 incident
August 25, 1989PA · Metal/Non-Metaloutside foreman, leadmanPOWERED HAULAGE